U.S. plans to use NATO for its own purposes: Turkish analyst

STORY: U.S. plans to use NATO for its own purposes: Turkish analyst DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of NATO holding meetings 2. various of streets of America 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish):TURKER ERTURK, Security analyst and retired admiral STORYLINE: A leading Turkish security analyst has said that the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is expected to go through self-assessment in the upcoming period given the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. During a recent Xinhua interview, Turker Erturk, also a retired admiral, said that this re-evaluation process will be related to the fact that the U.S. has used and will use this alliance for its own interests, and it sees itself in a superior position to other member countries. Erturk said NATO was a defense alliance established against the threat of the Soviet Union. SOUNDBITE (Turkish):TURKER ERTURK, Security analyst and retired admiral "But the Soviet Union collapsed, and t

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